New evidence and thinking on urban environmental change challenges

International Development Planning Review

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Simon, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adaptation; cities; climate environmental change; development environment conflict; resilience; transformation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 84899126296     PISSN: 14746743     EISSN: 14783401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/idpr.2014.9     Document Type: Review

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